Oil-stove



L. P. BETTS.

OIL STOVE.

(No Model.)

No. 497,760.. Patented May 23, 1893.

WITNESSES:

mvamon $5- W91 BY ATTORNEY IINTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS F. BETTS, OF BROOKLYN, NET/V YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THE R.E. DIETZ COMPANY, OF NEW YORK.

OIL-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 497,760, dated May 23,1893.

Application filed January 12, 1893- .To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS F. Bnrrs, of Brooklyn, county of Kings, andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOil-Stoves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to oil or lamp stoves of the kind employed fordomestic purposesand has for its object the production of a simple,cheap and efficient stove whereof the parts are easily accessible forlighting, cleaning, 850., wherein provision is made forconvenientlyturning the chimney upon its hinge and carrying the stovewithout danger of burning the hand, and wherein the hinge and otherfittings are made strong and durable and capable of being replaced orrepaired if required.

To accomplish all of this and to secure other and further advantages inthe matters of construction, operation and use, my improvements involvecertain new and useful arrangements or combinations of parts andparticular features of construction as will be herein first fullydescribed and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation and Fig. 2 a centralvertical section of my improved oil or lamp stove. Fig. 3 is aperspective View of the handle-support detached from the stove, thewooden handle or cross bar being omitted. Fig. 4 is a sectional view ofa fragment showing two burner cones instead of one and indicating thatthe stove may be made of any size or employ any number of burners.

In all the figures, like letters of reference wherever they occurindicate corresponding parts.

A is the oil pot or base having any filler cap as a, and provided with aratchet-cover b and wick tube 0 Which are fasten ed in place. The

wick raising ratchet shaft d extends a little beyond the margin of theoil pot.

Upon the top of the oil pot is secured an open standard B which servesto support the chimney and sustain the weight of any vessel Thisstandard is or article placed thereon.

Serial No. 458,123. (No model.)

made of sheet metal which is cut and bent as indicated, the bentportions e being turned in, affording a convenient means for supportingthe removable perforated air distributing plate 0 and leaving ampleopenings for admission of air as at f f. When the chimney is turned backupon its hinge the plate C may be removed for cleaning.

D is the draft chimney, of metal, having the burner cone or cones Efixed in its lower margin and carrying at top a metal frame work F forsustaining vessels or articles to be heated. The chimney is hinged uponthe standard B along one side and supplied with a spring catch G on theopposite side. A metallic piece H is shaped and bent so as to afiordprojecting arms H II which sustain a wooden handle H between them, andso as to afiord a portion 9 of the hinge connection. This piece H isfirmly secured to the side of the chimney by soldering or riveting andthe part 9 bent around the hinge axis g which is secured to the standardB, thus uniting the chimney with the standard. The handle H is for thepurpose of carrying the stove (like a lamp) and being of wood and wellremoved from the chimney does not become too much heated. It also servesfor opening the stove for lighting or extinguishing, &c. The handleshould not be allowed to turn in its supports and I prevent such turningby bending the corners h, driving these into the ends of the handle andsecuring all by a rod h passing through the handle and arms II andsecured by upsetting the ends or otherwise as may be desired.

I is a mica or other transparent plate extending across the front faceof the chimney. In the ordinary forms of lamp stoves these plates havebeen placed in frames soldered or otherwise secured so that when damagedit was difficult to replace them. I dispense with any separate frame forthe mica byindenting the material of the chimney around the opening andcutting the margin so as to a form tongues as t 2'. dented part andunder the tongues, being held against accidental displacement by a strapZ pivoted as at Z and entering beneath a bentportion Z in the chimney.To remove the mica it is only necessary to turn the strap las The plateI rests in the in- 9 indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, and

then slip the micafrcm its seat. A new piece may be as easily andquickly inserted.

When it becomes necessary or desirable to employ the stove as a lamp, itmay be conveniently carried by the handle H in an upright position, thechimney and oil pot being united by the hinge and spring catch.

The device thus constructed is simple and durable in all its parts andwell calculated to answer all the purposes or objects of the inventionabove mentioned.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new herein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an oil stove, the standard cut and bent as explained and securedto the oil pot, the.

bent pieces serving as supports for the removable perforated airdistributer, the parts being combined and arranged substantially asshown.

2. In an oil stove, the combination with'the chimney of the handlesustaining arms secured thereon, said arms being formed with the pieceor plate which constitutes a portion of the hinge, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth. 7

3. In an oil stove, the combination with the hinged chimney, of the arms11 having bent portions h entering the wooden handle H to prevent thelatter from turning, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In an oil stove, the chimney indented as explained, the mica plateresting in the indentation and rcmovably secured therein by the benttongues and a pivoted strap, substantially' as shown and described.

In testimony that Lclaim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand'inthe presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS F. BETTS.

Witnesses:

W. J. MORGAN, WORTH OSGOOD.

